Talcum-powder box



Oct. 23, 1928.

1,688,688 H. R. COREY TALCUM POWDER BOX Filed Dec. 17, 1921 Patented @ct. 23, i2$.

UNITED STATES carrier oF-Fics.

HARRY R. COREY, OF BROOKLYN, NEH/l1 YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAH CAI-T COM- PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A GORPORATIGN OF NEW JERSEY.

TALOUM-POWDER BOX.

Application filed December 17, 1921.

This invention relates to siftertop containers of that type particularly adapted for the packaging of talcum powder and like material.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a talcum powder box provided with means to prevent leaking of the pow der when the box is closed, a difficulty fre quently experienced with certain containers now in use especially when carried in a trav' elling bag or subjected to rough usage.

A further object of the invention. is the provision of a simple box construction capable of practical and inexpensive manufacture, the characteristic just described being provided without the employment of any complicated parts or ditlicult construction.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a nLefe-rredembodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 an elevational view of a talcum powder box in which my invention is embodied;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cap, a portion thereof being broken away for convenience of illustration;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the container top;

i is an enlarged vertical section taken substantially on the line 38 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged partial section of the cap taken substantially on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Upon the drawings which illustrate the invention 1 have shown a container body 11 of generally oval formation comprising a cover 12 secured thereto at 13 in any preferred manner and a neck 1% upon which is fitted a cap 15, said cap being frictionally se cured a ainst removal and being rotatable upon o neck. A sitter top 16 is provided with perforations 17 in. an elevated central p ion 18 thereof and the cap is provided with similar perforations 19 adapted to be moved into and out of registration with the perforations 17 by rotation of the cap. Said cap is projected upwardly and centrally ele vated at 21 to form a recess or chamber into which is fitted a gasket 22 which is formed preferably of paper or felt. The construe Serial No 523,005.

tion is such best seen in Fig. 4, that the upwardly projected and elevated portions 18 of the body and 21 of the cap leave peripheral depressions around the body and cap which depressions are rotatably en aged with each other. The gasket is confined within the peripheral depression of the cap and in the said space or chamber and is secured by means of any suitable adhesive and is pro vided with perforations 23 in alignment with the perforations 19 in. the metal part of the cap.

When the cap is rotated so that the perforations thereof are out of registration with the perforations of the sifter top, it will be noted that the gasket, which is in contact with both said top and cap, provides a seal preventing any of the powder from working its way between the two parts to the perform tions 19. In this manner an effective safeguard against leaking is provided.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be under stood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangementof the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages. the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

1 claim:

1. A powder box comprising a body having a marginal peripheral depression forming within the same a slightly elevated central perforated top; a cap rotatably secured on said body and having a marginal peripheral depression Corresponding with that of the body forming within the same a central elevated cap-top having perforations which are arranged to correspond with those of the body by the rotation of the cap; said cap-top being spaced above said central elevated top of the body and the marginal depression of the cap fitting rotatably in that of the body; and a gasket having perforations dorresponding with those of the body and cap and confined within the depressed part of the cap and between the central top parts of the body and cap.

2. A powder box comprising a sheet metal body formed with a central elevated and perforated top part and a peripheral depression at the margin of'the body; a sheet metal cap rotatably secured on said body and formed with central elevated top part spaced above said. central part of the body and having perforations arranged to correspond with those of the body by rotation of the cap, said cap having a peripheral depression fitting rotatably in the said depression of the body; and a gasket perforated to correspond with the per forations of the body and top and confined Within said depression of the cap in the space between said central parts of the body and cap.

HARRY R. COREY. 

